Recent Articles in Problems and Complaints Checklists

Government under pressure to act on fire safety
Sep 14, 2017

is uppermost in many people’s minds following the horrific events at Grenfell Tower in London this summer, when more than 80 people died.

Fire safety advice for landlords – and homeowners
Aug 16, 2017

Nobody could fail to be horrified by the devastating scenes of the Grenfell Tower fire in London – and the fact that more than 250 other tower blocks are suspected to be unsafe is deeply worrying...

Why the Archers and Ambridge are failing at property projects
Aug 11, 2017

If you’ve been listening to The Archers recently – and five million of us do – you’ll have noticed that property is a hot topic in the fictional village of Ambridge...

Cat pee or Valspar paint?
Jul 20, 2017

We all expect some smell after decorating a room, even when using low-odour paint.

But according to a report on Radio 4’s You and Yours programme this week, hundreds of Valspar paint users have blamed the product for an overwhelming smell of cat urine.

Property Market Crash 2017 and beyond? Professor Paul Cheshire and Paul Lewis from BBC R4 Moneybox programme discuss with Kate Faulkner
Jul 10, 2017

At the weekend I appeared on BBC Radio 4 Money Box to chat property prices and potential crashes with Paul Lewis - you can listen right here. In this article there is a bit more detail on how the property market, politics and economics interact to affect house prices...